Sales of new Russian road-building equipment on the domestic market in January-September fell by 24.9% year-on-year to 24.4 billion rubles, writes Kommersant, citing data from Ruspatsmash. The main reasons for the decline were high prime interest rates, a slowdown in construction activity, competition with imports and large inventories. Shipments of rollers (by 34.9%) and excavators (by 33.9%) decreased the most, while sales of front loaders increased by 57.3%.